Tasted my first batch of beer that my bud and I brewed...definitely interesting.

Was supposed to be an Oktoberfest. Found out from a local brewer that we fermented it wrong (had nothing in the instructions about decreasing temperature). Has a funky cleaning solution lingering taste if drank from glass. I think that is a result of cleaning the bottles with an alcohol solution...though I could swear we got it all out of the bottles. Out of bottle it is drinkable though :)

For first batch, I am not complaining. It will be a learning process. Any tips for future? Aside from purchasing the sanitation solution they sell for brewing?

Tasted my first batch of beer that my bud and I brewed...definitely interesting.

Was supposed to be an Oktoberfest. Found out from a local brewer that we fermented it wrong (had nothing in the instructions about decreasing temperature). Has a funky cleaning solution lingering taste if drank from glass. I think that is a result of cleaning the bottles with an alcohol solution...though I could swear we got it all out of the bottles. Out of bottle it is drinkable though :)

For first batch, I am not complaining. It will be a learning process. Any tips for future? Aside from purchasing the sanitation solution they sell for brewing?

Who the hell told you to clean with alcohol?

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My buddy is a pharm tech and wanted to take over the sterilization process lol. Wouldn't do that step like that again, but at the time we felt like the first stage could have been more sterile since we just used boiling water to clean everything. Boiling water was fine, cleaning with the alcohol was not. Things you learn.

My buddy is a pharm tech and wanted to take over the sterilization process lol. Wouldn't do that step like that again, but at the time we felt like the first stage could have been more sterile since we just used boiling water to clean everything. Boiling water was fine, cleaning with the alcohol was not. Things you learn.

Next time you should use this.

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I haven't tried it yet. Had something unexpected come up last night but will try it today. So far I've only had one of the New Belgium beers and that was the 1554 which was okay. I wanted to try to the Fat Tire because of the hype behind New Belgium which, just in my one beer experience, I'm not quite sure why they're receiving it.

My buddy is a pharm tech and wanted to take over the sterilization process lol. Wouldn't do that step like that again, but at the time we felt like the first stage could have been more sterile since we just used boiling water to clean everything. Boiling water was fine, cleaning with the alcohol was not. Things you learn.

I've ****** up a couple times, but you really ****** up. lol.

Star Sani is probably the best thing to use if you're going to brew a lot because you can just keep a bucket of it with a lid and it's always handy, but the no-rinse powder works great and is what I use.

Gotta cool the wort. There are a few solid ways to do it. I usually brew at my friend's house because he has a copper cooling coil that you just hook up to a hose and works really well. But a keg bucket and a few bags of ice is the standard way to do it. One of my friends just dumped the ice in the wort instead of filling it with water. It worked pretty quick and didn't seem to affect the end-product.

their seasonals are usually worth drinking, that's about it. ranger's an ok IPA, if it's what's available.

they got a lot of hype because they were one of the first big micro brews with a wide distribution. fat tire is absolutely abysmal outside the state, and only sort of drinkable here. i can't remember the last time i intentionally bought it.

Just tried it and can say that it's completely unremarkable as amber's go. I don't think I'll venture another New Belgium again. The two I've had have been quite unspectacular and there are better black ales available (i.e. any German schwarzbier)

Just tried it and can say that it's completely unremarkable as amber's go. I don't think I'll venture another New Belgium again. The two I've had have been quite unspectacular and there are better black ales available (i.e. any German schwarzbier)

I wouldn't shut the door on their Lips of Faith series. La Folie is actually one of the better sours that's widely distributed. They have one or two other good Lips of Faith series beers.

Star Sani is probably the best thing to use if you're going to brew a lot because you can just keep a bucket of it with a lid and it's always handy, but the no-rinse powder works great and is what I use.

Gotta cool the wort. There are a few solid ways to do it. I usually brew at my friend's house because he has a copper cooling coil that you just hook up to a hose and works really well. But a keg bucket and a few bags of ice is the standard way to do it. One of my friends just dumped the ice in the wort instead of filling it with water. It worked pretty quick and didn't seem to affect the end-product.

Thanks for the advice man! With the wort part, any water that we were using we put in the freezer beforehand to get it cold, but the ice is a great idea too!

Upon further review, all of the ones I tried today tasted like an oktoberfest, so not all are ruined!